Q: Is 2,202,408 a Composite Number?

Why is 2,202,408 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 2,202,408 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 36 39 52 72 78 104 117 156 169 181 234 312 338 362 468 507 543 676 724 936 1,014 1,086 1,352 1,448 1,521 1,629 2,028 2,172 2,353 3,042 3,258 4,056 4,344 4,706 6,084 6,516 7,059 9,412 12,168 13,032 14,118 18,824 21,177 28,236 30,589 42,354 56,472 61,178 84,708 91,767 122,356 169,416 183,534 244,712 275,301 367,068 550,602 734,136 1,101,204 and 2,202,408, with no remainder.

Since 2,202,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 2,202,408, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).